Nuts & Bolts: The season’s first trip to South Florida

Everything you need to know ahead of the Lightning’s matchup against the Panthers on Saturday.

When: Saturday, November 15 – 5 p.m. ET
Where: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
TV coverage: The Spot – Tampa Bay 66 (check local listings)
Radio coverage: 102.5 MHz-FM, Lightning Radio 24/7
Stream: TampaBayLightning.com/Stream Now

Lines from Wednesday’s game (subject to change)
Jake Guentzel – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel – Yanni Gourde – Zemgus Girgensons
Oliver Bjorkstrand – Boris Katchouk – Gage Goncalves
Curtis Douglas – Jack Finley – Scott Sabourin

Defensemen
JJ Moser – Max Crozier
Charle-Edouard D’Astous – Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg – Darren Raddysh

Goaltenders
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Saturday’s Matchup
The Tampa Bay Lightning will play their in-state rival Florida Panthers for the first of four matchups this season when they visit Amerant Bank Arena on Saturday…Tampa Bay is 72-66-23 all-time against the Panthers, including 30-38-11 on the road…The teams split the 2024-25 regular season series, each going 2-2-0…Tampa Bay outscored the Panthers 12-7 last season…Steven Stamkos is the franchise career scoring leader versus Florida with 41-40—81 in 67 games, while Victor Hedman leads active Bolts with 7-43—50 in 68 career games…Hedman (0-5—5) joined Brayden Point (3-2—5) with five points apiece to co-lead the Lightning in scoring versus Florida during the 2024-25 season, while Jake Guentzel (2- 2—4) and Darren Raddysh (1-3—4) each had four points…Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy went 1-2-0 with a .923 save percentage against Florida last season, and Jonas Johansson was 1-0-0 with a 36-save shutout on Dec. 23…Vasilevskiy holds a 17-15-1 career record against Florida with a .911 save percentage…Johansson is 1-1-0 with a .932 save percentage as a Bolt.

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